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Buckingham Electric: OSHA inspections and violations

Mount Vernon, Ohio · Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors · NAICS 238210

1inspections
2citation items
$3,920current penalties
Jan 26, 2016last inspection

OSHA has inspected Buckingham Electric once in Ohio.

The inspection began on Jan 26, 2016 on a referral, in Mount Vernon.

That inspection ended with 2 citation items: 2 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $5,600 and now stand at $3,920, 30% lower after settlements or reviews.

Electrical safety in construction comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1926.416.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Buckingham Electric averages $3,920 (1 cited inspection).

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Buckingham Electric: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341202711 OPENED JAN 26, 2016Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Jun 9, 2016

35 Black Jack Rd, Mount Vernon, OH 43050 · Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1) · Electrical safety in construction
Serious$2,800$1,960Jun 6, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.416(a)(3) · Electrical safety in construction
Serious$2,800$1,960Jun 6, 2016Final

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.

Jan 18, 2016, Mount Vernon: Hospitalization · electrical burns, unspecified · face, unspecified

An employee was changing the breaker on a live panel (1200 Amps/480 Volts) when two phases crossed and an arc flashed occurred. The employee suffered head and face injuries.

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1926.416 · Electrical safety in construction

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1)

(a) Protection of employees. (1) No employer shall permit an employee to work in such proximity to any part of an electric power circuit that the employee could contact the electric power circuit in the course of work, unless the employee is protected against electric shock by deenergizing the circuit and grounding it or by guarding it effectively by insulation or other means.

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(3)

(3) Before work is begun the employer shall ascertain by inquiry or direct observation, or by instruments, whether any part of an energized electric power circuit, exposed or concealed, is so located that the performance of the work may bring any person, tool, or machine into physical or electrical contact with the electric power circuit. The employer shall post and maintain proper warning signs where such a circuit exists. The employer shall advise employees of the location of such lines, the hazards involved, and the protective measures to be taken.

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